couple lost at atlas

[macronut]

90 mins out, don't know if it was snowing, but If I had gone out without gear, and got stuck, the first thing I'd do is follow my tracks back to the truck!!! Common sense, maybe there was more involved, like booze, drugs, etc.... Takes all kinds and the media only tells you what they want you to know!

 

[Doo800ho]

I bet ther will be a couple of sleds for sale.....:d Just glad to hear there ok.

 

[DaveB]

They read Christopher's guide to backcountry survival....

 

[bobsledder]

Night ride in the mountains.... Can't see how it could have gone better.

Nothing unusual about a night ride in the mountains....been on hundreds of them.

 

[Work2Ride]

Seriously somebody named their kid Tater?

middle name tot?

 

[ferniesnow]

Seriously somebody named their kid Tater?

Nick name for Tate! I was going to say "short form" for Tate but.....

I doo like the middle name Salad! thanks Mike270412...

and a last name of Dish...Tater Salad Dish

 

[MOMMA]

Seriously somebody named their kid Tater?

her full name is Tatum..........

get's called, Tater, tater bug, tater tot.... Taty......


she's a sweetheart.

 

[SLEDBUNNYRACING]

No Comment.

 

[Foxstar45]

No Comment.

Writing 'no comment' is a comment wheras not writing a comment is an easy and effective way to 'not comment'.

 

[fat tire]

I wonder what sleds they were riding.....i'll bet there gonna get sold....maby real cheap.!!

 

[fatguy1]

I think Ferniesnow's Signature says it all.

Good judgement comes from Experience; Experience comes from bad Judgement....

 

[sledderdoc]

Where was the beer??? That would have changed everything!!

 

[MOMMA]

I think Ferniesnow's Signature says it all.

Good judgement comes from Experience; Experience comes from bad Judgement....

the blessing is that we can learn from other people's bad judgement and not have to recreate it in our own lives.

 

[magnet]

no one said they left at night. it just said they were found shortly after midnight. they went for a 1.5 hr rip. leave at say 200 or so should be back lots of light. ride for an hour or so start headin back chit stuck bad, at bottom of bowl. try to get them out no chance. 500 already. try climbing out of bowl 7-8 oclock now start walking back wow its close to 10 now finally get cell reception and oplace call. s and r coordinates and gets going could be already 11 -1130 . time flys
glad to hear that they are ok. maybe next time they will be a little more careful.
although i saw on kijiji this am a 08 summit 800 for 4800 bucks with a phone number of a guy in calgary. gotta sell soon. think his name was amjit or somethin like that. see its gone now.

 

[MOMMA]

Pair rescued from Crowsnest Pass backcountry
By DAVE DORMER, CALGARY SUN


.Cold, wet and without emergency equipment, two snowmobilers had to be rescued after they got stuck while snowmobiling near the Crowsnest Pass.

The pair — a man and a woman from Calgary with limited backcountry experience — left the Atlas staging area northwest of the Crowsnest Pass about 6:30 p.m. Saturday, expecting to be gone for about 90 minutes.
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It said they left at 6:30 pm

 

[magnet]

Pair rescued from Crowsnest Pass backcountry
By DAVE DORMER, CALGARY SUN


.Cold, wet and without emergency equipment, two snowmobilers had to be rescued after they got stuck while snowmobiling near the Crowsnest Pass.

The pair — a man and a woman from Calgary with limited backcountry experience — left the Atlas staging area northwest of the Crowsnest Pass about 6:30 p.m. Saturday, expecting to be gone for about 90 minutes.
QUOTE]

It said they left at 6:30 pm

k sorry missed that part that is pretty late lucky they were even found by midnight then.

 

[MOMMA]

k sorry missed that part that is pretty late lucky they were even found by midnight then.

oh my gosh for sure.


It's scary being turned around even during the light of day. I was turned around during a weird freak blizzard fog storm once. Freaky, and took about an hour and a half to find our way back. I think it would be even worse at night. I have told everyone I know about that story... Learn from what I did wrong.
I guess that's why these threads can be helpful. Not just a bash fest, but constructively, what can be done differently. Whether the reporter named all the facts or not there is something to be learned when things go wrong.

 

[polarice]

no one said they left at night. it just said they were found shortly after midnight. they went for a 1.5 hr rip. leave at say 200 or so should be back lots of light. ride for an hour or so start headin back chit stuck bad, at bottom of bowl. try to get them out no chance. 500 already. try climbing out of bowl 7-8 oclock now start walking back wow its close to 10 now finally get cell reception and oplace call. s and r coordinates and gets going could be already 11 -1130 . time flys
glad to hear that they are ok. maybe next time they will be a little more careful.
although i saw on kijiji this am a 08 summit 800 for 4800 bucks with a phone number of a guy in calgary. gotta sell soon. think his name was amjit or somethin like that. see its gone now.

they left the staging area at 630 for a 90 minute ride
when we left the staging area at 530 there was a couple of families camping there ...

 

[JaySimon]

A fool learns from his own mistakes, a wise man/woman learns from the mistakes of others....

 

[medler]

I allways have my GPS with me on the Sled or Quad,with fresh batteries and with the staging area on a waypoint so i know my way back just incase..
Wonder if they are members on S&M,,i would like to hear the whole story and not the media B.S. one..